As part of the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States, our Art of the Americas galleries are being reimagined through different themes. The influence of Asian art on America is seen with this gorgeous blue and white plate that was originally exported to the European market. Our purse mirror represents the legacy of this influence and its lasting effect on American art today.
- 2" x 2" mirror
Plate
Japanese for export to the European market, about 1660‑80
Hard‑paste porcelain
Diam. 45 cm (17 11/16 in.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The G. Ephis Collection—Museum purchase with funds donated anonymously, Charles Bain Hoyt Fund, John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund, William Francis Warden Fund, Tamara Petrosian Davis Sculpture Fund, John Lowell Gardner Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, H. E. Bolles Fund, and funds by exchange from the Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection‑Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
2012.570
